The New York Mets and Washington Nationals are playing live on the MLB schedule and the game is coming on Saturday from Nationals Stadium for the NL East division matchup and the game starts at 4:05 pm ET and comes as the team is trying to rebound from losses to the NY Yankees at Citi Field and the matchup is a big one for both teams and Gio Gonzalez will be facing off against Bartolo Colon in the matchup.
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The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox are playing on the MLB schedule on Friday and the game from Fenway Park and the game starts up at 7:10 pm ET and comes with Max Scherzer and Jon Lester on the mound and the stars will battle as the game streams live on the MLB.com website and Detroit comes in as one of the best teams in baseball.
The Red Sox come into the game after losing to the Minnesota Twins and they are at .500 with a 20-20 record and they are going against a Tigers team that is in first place with a 24-12 record. The game on Saturday has Rick Porcello matching up with John Lackey and that game comes as the two starting pitchers have gone a combined 11-3 on the season, while Scherzer comes into the game on Friday with a 5-1 record this year and that comes after he won the Cy Young last season.
The Red Sox had another blown game from Andrew Miller and now they come in looking to bounce back and this season they are ranked 14th in the league in runs scored and 18th in batting average. The team is also fourth in on base percentage and 16th in slugging percentage and they get the chance to play against the top team in the AL Central for a series. Xander Bogaerts, Will Middlebrooks and Jackie Bradley Jr. have all been struggling this season and the Red Sox may not be able to coddle them much longer after winning the World Series last season.
Scherzer is 5-1 this season with a 2.04 ERA and he is setting himself up nicely for a big payday at the end of the year with the way he has pitched and now he faces off against the defending champions. The Tigers come into the game after winning against the Baltimore Orioles and they got a win from Justin Verlander and another save from Joe Nathan and they have been rolling this season on offense and in the pitching rotation. Verlander has been great and he is 5-2 on the season and the team is ranked in the top 10 in all relevant offensive categories.
The team is ranked ninth in runs and second in batting average and they are also sixth in on base and fourth in slugging percentage. The team has been killing it on the mound with Porcello, Verlander and Scherzer, as the team is in the top five in both BAA and WHIP and they are also in the top 10 in ERA at seventh and they are ninth in quality starts. The team is in first place in the central division and they are looking like they will be winners of the division once again.
